Ronald Reagan

Known for ActingBorn 1911-02-06Died 2004-06-05Tampico, Illinois, USA

Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) and prior to that an actor. Upon his college graduation, Reagan first moved to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in 1937 to Los Angeles, California. He began a career as an actor appearing in over fifty movie productions. Some of his most notable roles are in Knute Rockne, All American and Kings Row. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric. His start in politics occurred during his work for General Electric. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After supporting of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980 presidential election. Reagan left office in 1989. In 1994, the former president disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier in the year. He died ten years later at the age of 93.Read more

Movies & web series

Public Trust

Business of Disaster

Laissez-faire

Salute to Reagan - A President's Greatest Moments

Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century

Destination Nicaragua

43/84: 1984

EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program

Showbiz Goes to War

Hollywood Blue

Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise

The Stilwell Road

Cadet Classification

Vietnam: A Television History

Walt Disney: Behind the Magic

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

Stand-up Reagan

Afganistan: Land in Crisis

According to Occam's Razor

Sports on the Silver Screen

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

Road to 9/11

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

Snowfall

The Occupation of the American Mind

In the Grip of Gazprom

The Century of the Self

The Big Truth

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

Assassinations That Changed the World

The Presidents' Gatekeepers

Post No Bills

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

The Untold History Of The United States

Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

Narcos

Ronald Reagan: His Winning Wit

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Laboratory Greece

Der Reichstag

MLB Network Presents

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

E! True Hollywood Story

Race for the White House

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions